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39 farm406 WE OFFER FARM MOBILE SERVICE WITH A LARGE INVENTORY ON AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL TIRES. 453.6262 • TIRESGREATFALLS.COM 5810 2ND AVE N. • GREAT FALLS, MT THE RIGHT INPUT • THE RIGHT AMOUNT THE RIGHT TIME • THE RIGHT PLACE "Over 85% of our customers experienced record yields and/or record protein on at least some of the elds we provided service for during the 2017 crop year." www.maxagofmontana.com 406.734.5446 www.maxagofmontana.com 406.734.5446 Charles Good • 406.231.5114 CEO/Founder Rob Evans • 406.350.5218 Precision Agronomist & CCA China lifted the ban in 2017, but with stringent requirements for beef exports including trace-ability from birth to slaughter of cattle less than 30 months old, chilled or frozen beef, uniquely identified beef carcass and products controlled up to shipment and suppliers must obtain Food Safety and Inspection Service Export certificates. Despite the stringent conditions, U.S. beef exports to China totaled 3,020 metric tons, valued at $31 million in the second half of 2017, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. In 2018, beef exports to China have increased 15 percent to 65,345 metric tons and 43 percent in value at $510.8 million, according to a USMEF market report. There are 37 U.S. establishments approved to export beef to China. On May 22, 2018, Northern Lights Fresh Meat of Alaska was approved as a slaughter and fabricator facility. Jones' facility includes a 55,000 square-foot barn, which houses a 53-foot USDA-approved Trivan mobile slaughter facility, a self-contained cut and wrap container and small feed yard. "This way the cattle are fed and processed in the same location," says Jones. "The beef ships direct from my barn to the freightliners. Then, it is a straight shot from Alaska to China; it takes eight to 12 hours depending on the destination in China." Using an e-commerce business plan, Alaska entrepreneur Robert Jones and his wife Christy, plan to export chilled Montana beef to China once the tariffs lift.

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